A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar ...
In SYFY’s The Ark (streaming right now on Peacock!) a human crew boards an interstellar spaceship on a one-way trip to Proxima centauri. It’s a small red dwarf, one of a binary pair approximately 4.2 ...
In SYFY’s ongoing deep space adventure The Ark (airing every Wednesday on SYFY, then streaming the next day on Peacock), a crew of astronauts board the last life boat off of Earth and embark upon a ...
Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits ...
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The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025
In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...
Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed to visit it and ...
This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...
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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Artist’s conception of the newly discovered planet Gliese 12 ...
Quick. What's the closest star after the sun? If you said Alpha Centauri you're one-third correct. Alpha is actually a triple system comprised of Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri A), Toliman (Alpha B) ...
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In Search of Other Worlds: What Is an Exoplanet?
An illustration of what it might look like to visit Kepler 16 b, a nearby exoplanet with twin suns. Credit: NASA Imagine a planet where molten diamond rains from the sky, hurled sideways by winds that ...
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